Kolkata: Days before she is declared a saint by the Vatican, special masses and prayers marked Mother Teresa’s 106th birth anniversary celebrations here on Friday.
Candles were lit and the nun’s grave at Mother House – the global headquarters of her Catholic order Missionaries of Charity – was decorated with flowers as the sisters and other eminent persons sang hymns, read from the Bible and recalled her celebrated life.
Mother Teresa is set to be canonised by Pope Francis at the Vatican on September 4, a day ahead of her 19th death anniversary.
By a coincidence, Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997, barely 10 days after her 86th birthday. A large number of people, including school children and residents of the various homes run by the MoC, congregated at Mother House, which wore a festive look.-IANS
